My Monster
Kira raises both hands, trying to soothe me even though she's moving fast.
"Dani, listen. Listen to me, this isn't the first time he's…um...flatlined."
My brain scrambles to remember the one time I heard him telling me he flatlined so many times from the pain of the Hollow. I didn't think he'd meant it literally.
"What?" I whisper. "What do you...what do you—"
"He's immortal," Kira says breathlessly, lowering him carefully out of my arms and onto the floor. "His heart and core shut down when he's overloaded. He always wakes up. We just need to let his system reboot."